Continued funding for Alternatives to Abortion Program and the Show-Me Healthy Babies Program.

A new program to help pregnant women on Medicaid to access rehabilitation services from opioid addiction so babies are not born addicted to drugs.

Pro-life protections to prevent our tax dollars from being used for abortion services, human cloning and embryonic stem cell research.

And, the House approved amendments to prevent our tax dollars from being used for abortions or abortion services as well as prohibiting subsidiary organizations that are connected to abortion facilities from receiving our tax dollars.

Court Activity:

Statutes to require abortion facilities to abide by the same health regulations as other ambulatory surgical centers and the requirement that an abortionist have hospital privileges within 30 miles of an abortion facility in case there are medical emergencies are being heard in federal court this week. The hearings are on-going. We will keep you updated.

Click here for the full update and information on all the bills we are supporting or opposing.

Life Links

State of Missouri Denies Medication Abortion in Springfield

Link - Missouri Right to Life worked with legislative leadership and the Governor's office to ensure the passage of Senate Bill 5 in 2017. Safety regulations in Senate Bill 5 are those that Planned Parenthood is not able to meet and led to the denial of their license.

Link - Outgoing Planned Parenthood President and CEO Cecile Richards just published a book detailing her lifetime of pro-choice activism.

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What You Need to Know About Medical Abortion and Abortion Reversal

Link - Although not always successful, abortion reversal has resulted in hundreds more babies alive today.

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Joint Euthanasia of Canadian Elderly Couple

Link - Canada is fast becoming the Niagara Falls of euthanasia, rushing to join the "infamous three" - the Netherlands, Switzerland, and Belgium - by now permitting the joint euthanasia of elderly couples.

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Family reveals son, 2, miraculously woke up from coma day after being taken off life support

Link - Doctors started taking the child off life support slowly, but the young boy's heart rate became normal.

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Family seeks wrongful death lawsuit after loss of frozen embryos

Link - A couple whose frozen embryos were destroyed in a storage tank malfunction could seek action for wrongful death - if a judge rules that an embryo is considered a life.

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Pro-Life Around the State

April 21 - Maryland Heights - Defenders of the Unborn will hold its annual banguet on Saturday, April 21st at Orlando's Banquet Center in Maryland Heights, MO. For more information email defenseless68@gmail.com or dial (314) 346-9052.

May 12 - St. Louis - Project Rachel Day of Healing and Prayer Retreat.Project Rachel provides free professional and confidential counseling, reconciliation, and spiritual direction with love and compassion for those left wounded by an abortion. Click here for registration information.

May 13 - Kansas City - Mother's Day is Sunday, May 13. Help us on the behalf of unborn babies and their mothers by ordering Mother's Day carnations. Click here for more information.